Sale 2189
Hong Kong
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30 May 2005
Price realised
HKD 102,000
Estimate
A FINE LARGE WHITE JADE CIRCULAR PLAQUE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Finely carved on one side with a boy rowing a raft constructed of gnarled tree branches, accompanied by a crane perched on the bow, the reverse with a peony spray, all within scroll and cloud borders, pierced for attachment, the stone of a milky-white colour 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) across, box
Provenance
The Greenfield Collection Raymond Bushell
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